Food Safety News"It's a lot to take in — like drinking from a fire hose."
That's how Donna Garren, regulatory affairs and technical specialist with the American Frozen Food Institute, describes the challenge that food facilities are grappling with as they move toward the deadline for compliance with the Food and Drug Administration's preventive controls rule for human food.READ MORE

ReutersWhen Italian architect Carlo de Sanctis went to a friend's wedding on the outskirts of Rome two years ago, he did not expect to find himself discussing food waste.
As the party was winding down, de Sanctis and his friends ended up wondering what the waiter next to them would do with the uneaten food he had started to collect.READ MORE

The Hill Hillary Clinton's campaign expects to have a significant technologic advantage over Donald Trump in targeting voters and luring them to the polls.
It's an edge the Clinton campaign hopes it can use to find and then win over centrists and Republican voters as the Democratic nominee looks to build an edge on Trump.READ MORE

The Associated Press via ABC NewsDonald Trump is focusing his economic message on boosting jobs and making America more competitive globally by cutting business taxes, reducing regulations and increasing domestic energy production.
With a speech to the prestigious Detroit Economic Club, the Republican presidential nominee seeks to reset his campaign and delve into a subject — the economy — that is seen as one of his strengths. READ MORE

PoliticoAs Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign reaches out to Republicans alarmed by Donald Trump's national security blunders, there's a group of high-profile GOP holdouts whose endorsement would be a major coup if the Democrat could win them over. Condoleezza Rice, James Baker, George Shultz and Henry Kissinger are among a handful of so-called Republican "elders" with foreign policy and national security experience — people who have held Cabinet-level or otherwise high-ranking positions in past administrations — who have yet to come out for or against Trump.
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Food Safety NewsThe most recently posted warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration went to a seafood exporter in Indonesia, a beef operation in Missouri, an acidified foods manufacturer in Virginia, a vegetable processor in Washington state and a California firm with a contracted seafood storage warehouse in Colorado.
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The Associated Press via The Washington Post A new law that requires food makers to label the packaging of any products that contain genetically modified ingredients has small and medium-sized manufacturers facing some big decisions.
Should they try to provide the information on the label itself, or invest in the technology to add scannable codes? READ MORE

Food DiveConsumers tend to view less-processed foods — like yogurt, whole fruit and whole nuts — as healthier and having fewer calories than more processed foods — like fruit-blended yogurt or peanut butter — according to a study that will be published in Food Quality and Preference later this year. Researchers called this "the blender effect."
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Agri-View A rapid heating and cooling of milk significantly reduces the amount of harmful bacteria present, extending by several weeks the shelf life of one of the most common refrigerator staples in the world, according to a Purdue University study.
Bruce Applegate, Purdue associate professor in the department of food science, and collaborators from Purdue and the University of Tennessee published their findings in the journal SpringerPlus, where they show that increasing the temperature of milk by 10 degrees for less than a second eliminates more than 99 percent of the bacteria left behind after pasteurization.READ MORE

USAgNetBayer AG is examining Monsanto Co.'s financial accounts, people familiar with the matter said, a crucial step that could pave the way for the German company to raise its $55 billion takeover offer for the U.S. agrochemicals giant. According to Bloomberg News, Bayer has signed confidentiality agreements to conduct due diligence on Monsanto as it weighs the size and timing of a new bid. READ MORE

Food DiveTyson Foods reported record adjusted earnings per share for the third quarter at $1.21 per share, a 51 percent increase year over year and $0.15 higher than analysts expected. Sales declined 6.7 percent in the quarter to $9.4 billion from $10.1 billion last year— though that total also beat analysts' estimates.
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Food Navigator-USAThe gluten-free market in the U.S. remains hot, but as the category becomes more crowded, manufacturers must offer products with added appeal to stay competitive — such as a protein boost from pulses or an added dose of fiber and flavor with ancient grains, according to experts.
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